Mantra 48

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्षिप्रं वै तस्यादहनं परि नृत्यन्ति केशनीराघ्नानाः पाणिनोरसि कुर्वाणाः पापमैलबम्

IAST Transliteration

kṣipráṁ vái tasyā́ ádahanaṁ pári nṛ́tyanti keśánīr āghnānáḥ pāṇínor ási kurvāṇāḥ pā́pam ailabám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Swiftly, in very sooth, about her unburning dance the long-haired ones, smiting with their hands—(thou) a blade—making evil, ill-omened ailabá.

Word by Word

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly, at once
• क्षिप्रम्: Adhikaraṇa (काल/रीति-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable particle
• Root: वै (निपात)

• तस्याः: of her/its
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अधनम्: poverty, lack of wealth
• अधनम्: Karma (object of an implied action like ‘they make/bring about’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधन (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: Adhikaraṇa (परितः—‘around’ as a circumstantial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नृत्यन्ति: they dance
• नृत्यन्ति: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत् (धातु)

• केशनीः: the long-haired women / women with hair (as a defining feature)
• केशनीः: Kartā (subject of नृत्यन्ति)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (fem.)
• Root: केशनी (प्रातिपदिक; केश + -नी)

• आघ्नानाः: striking, smiting (repeatedly)
• आघ्नानाः: Kartā (co-referential with the dancers; describing their action)
• Type: Participle
• Root: आ-हन् (धातु) → आघ्न (वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पाणिनोः: in/with the two hands
• पाणिनोः: Adhikaraṇa (location: in/with the two hands)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• कुर्वाणाः: doing, making
• कुर्वाणाः: Kartā (describing the same agents)
• Type: Participle
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कुर्वाण (वर्तमानकृदन्त)

• पापम्: evil, sin, harm
• पापम्: Karma (object of ‘doing/making’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऐलबम्: ‘ailaba’ (a harmful/inauspicious thing; exact sense uncertain in AV usage)
• ऐलबम्: Karma (co-object with पापम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ऐलब (प्रातिपदिक; uncertain/rare AV word)

Attribution

Rishi: Prajāpati (sectional attribution)

Devata: Pollution/evil (pāpa), ailabá, and demonic female agents (keśinīḥ)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (sectional; verify by full metrical count in critical text)

Mantra Rasa

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